Haryana's newly inducted minister Kamal Gupta on Friday carried out a surprise inspection at the Municipal Corporation office in Panchkula and found majority of the staff absent. The minister for Urban Local Bodies and Housing For All soon ordered the officials concerned to take strict action against those missing from the office without a genuine reason.
Gupta, who was earlier in this week allocated the two departments, had on Thursday warned employees to report for duty on time. "I felt disappointed. It is a matter of concern that 80 percent of the employees were absent," the minister told reporters. However, Panchkula Mayor Kulbhushan Goyal later told reporters that 29 of the 48 employees were absent, according to which, a little over 60 percent of the employees were absent.